ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ala. -- Nineteen-year-old Markus Stearnes of Leeds was arrested after he allegedly tossed drugs and cell phones over a fence and into the St. Clair Correctional Facility
Wednesday night, a state corrections official told The Daily Home newspaper.

Stearnes was taken into custody about 8:30 p.m.,
Wednesday, after guards saw next
to the prison fence, then recovered packages thrown over the fence that included 16 cell phones, 11 chargers,
various pills and 2 plastic bags with marijuana, one CD and 3 phone batteries, The Daily Home reported.